Peter Breheny from Derbyshire shoots benchrest rifle. He has Kennedy's Disease, a progressive wasting condition that has weakened his limbs. Read More

Vic Morris lives in south Wales and is paralysed from the neck down as the result of an accident. With the aid of an 'equaliser' device invented by his coach, John Kelman, Vic shoots pistol and rifle. Read More

Stewart Nangle, a Lancastrian, is pictured shooting .22 pistol. What the photograph does not show is that at the time one of his legs was fitted with a metal frame that was bolted into the bones. Read More

Michael Whapples from Leicestershire is blind and shoots air rifle. In 2011 he was the first British shooter ever to compete at the Open European Shooting Championships for the Vision Impaired, held at Nitra, Slovakia.

This piece of equipment, often referred to as a "Belgian spring stand", is used by rifle shooters who are not able to support the rifle themselves. It allows them to aim and fire a rifle using only one hand. The fore-end of the rifle rests in the bracket on top, and the base of the stand is attached to a camera tripod which will stand on the floor, or to a table-top tripod. A shooter may use a spring stand when shooting either from a sitting or standing position.

The specification for the stand, including the "bendability" of the spring section, is laid down in the IPC/ISCD rules governing Paralympic Shooting disciplines. Shooters who are classified as SH2 under those rules are allowed to use a spring stand.

Spring stands can be purchased from the NSRA shop (at Bisley or on-line), or ordered from the shop at the West Midlands Regional Shooting Centre at Aldersley.

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